The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1887-05-04

sunny South.
Judge Hilton and Bangs Warner returned
from their business trip to Kansas City on
Saturday evening last.
Mrs. Matte Nash and Mrs. Amanda
Andrews have gone on a visit TO Kansas City
and other western points.
=. j. Henley returned on Monday from
Cincinnati, Ohio, where he was called last
week by the death of sister.
Nathaniel Buckley of this township, has
been made the happy recipient of pension.
Mr. Buckley is Mexican veteran.
Cashier Parks of the First National, is
fixing up his place in good shape, building a
new barn, repairing his residence, etc.
Jay, the irrepressible Jay, booms both
himself and the town this week. That's
right; just the way every man should do.
The attention of farmers is specially in
vited to the new advertisement of Sheldon IL
Hutchins, agricultural implement dealers.
We are pleased to be able to state that
Mrs. Thos. Welch, who has been 80 danger
ously i'll with pneumonia, is improving slowly.
Frank Millington is home from Kirwin,
Kansas, spending a week with friends. He
looks as though western life agreed with him.
New walks have been put down in front of
the Bierce place on Main street, occupied by
Ira Brott, and Grandma Hopping's house on
Paw Paw street,
May opened with fine rain, the first of
any consequence that has fallen this spring;
weather warm and summer-like, and vegeta-
tion just booming.
The Indian doctor, Princess Viroqua,
leaves medicines for sale at Dyckman House
to all who wish. Full directions on each
bottle and package.
Mr.. Cobbledick of Almena, who has been
i'll for a long time, died last Sunday. Fune-
raj at the Almena church on Monday, Elder
w. j. Russell officiating.
Mr.. and Mrs. II. Ostrander have returned
from Chicago, where they have been for
some time past, and will remain in Paw Paw
for the present, at least.
Mr.. Daniel Wright of Arlington, died on
the 2Sth ult., aged eighty-six years. He was
buried on Sunday last. The deceased was
the father of Mrs. Eli Wise.
Broughton seems to have an idea that
there are some people who ought not TO read
his new advertisement. Perhaps you are one
of them and hadn't better look at it.
VIM. Atkinson from California, has rented
the lower rooms of Hawkins store building
on Main street, and will put in a stock of
watches, jewelry, sewing machines, etc.
A. T. Stevenson, chief engineer of our fire
department, is in attendance at the state
firemens convention at Grand Rapids. He
will read paper before the convention.
The members of the patriarchal circle feel
that they are greatly indebted to 1. b. Conner
for the inconvenience they occssioned him
in the removal of his buggies from the rink.
VIM. Lewis, colored man lately in the
employ of James Bennett, was examined be-
fore the probate court last Tuesday, adjudged
insane and committed to the Kalamazoo
asylum.
Mrs. M. Shilling will 90 to Florida for her
health about the last of this month. She
desires to rent her beautiful home, which is
in very desirable location, and to dispose OF
her household effects.
Street Commissioner Quick has been doing
good job cleaning up the streets. Now lei
everybody do equally well cleaning their Owl
premises and we may reasonably expect good
health to prevail among our people.
Isn't it little surprising, to say the least
that professional men should be among the
first to violate the fish laws? Probably they
couldn't wait until the first day of May to g
trout fishing because that day was Sunday
Edward A. Coney, having sold his farm
will have On auction sale of farm propert,
on Tuesday, May 10th, commencing at tel
o'clock q. m. Location, one mile east an(
three miles south of the village of Lawrence
A quartette of strolling musicians strucl
the town last Friday. They made very gooc
music, but looked ablebodied enough to b.
following some useful occupation instead o
standing on the street corners fddling TO
pennies.
The laying of iron on the South Havel
end of the narrow gauge is progressing rap
idly. 1t will not be long before Covert vii
become railroad town. We speak for
ride on the first train from Paw Paw to LAX
Michigan.
GOOD" Noyes has been very i'll wit
pneumonia, but is recovering. He was a
work in the country setting hedge whe
taken sick. His father brought him hom
where he could care for him, although b
was, at the time, unable to sit up.
The annual meeting of the Van Bure
County Teachers Association will be held
Lawrence on the 18th and 14th instant
An interesting programme has been pr,
pared for the occasion. Board can be ha
at from fifty to seventy-fve cents per day.
We notice that Comrade Henry Chatfel,
late Lieut.. Co. &C." Sd Mich. Cav, has n
ceived pension. Glad of it. Henry was
good soldier, served more than four year
J lost his health by reason of his service an
well deserves all the pension he will ever ge
In addition to the brilliant galaxy of Va
Buren county legal luminaries that gathere
around the bar of our circuit court last MOI
day, we noticed Judge Buck of Kalamazoo
circuit judge elect, G. s. Clapp of st. Josepl
circuit judge-non-elect, the genial Spa
Tryon of Dowagiac, and Kalamazoo's alb
young attorney, Dallas Boudeman.
Mr.. s. Il. Bowen was in town a couple c
days last week, closing up his business ma
ters in this village. He is very enthusiast
over his location at Battle Creek and think
he has "struck il rich" Mr.. Bowen was
liberal patron of the press while resider
of Paw Paw, and the least we can do is I
wish him abundant success and prosperit
in his new home.
A meeting of the members of the execu